Hi
Came home from work late at night to find no power. The RCD had tripped. Put it back on, all is well. It tripped 5 mins later, put it back on, tripped about 10 mins later. Rang electrician who advised to turn off all circuits, put rcd on and then one by one put fuses on to see which one tripped it. None tripped the RCD, until 20 mins later.
After trial and error it turned out to be the downstairs plugs. I unplugged everything as he asked. 20 minutes later it tripped the rcd so I turned the fuse off to the plugs and went bed.
The electrician on the phone can't come until late this evening and I don't want to ring a random one from phonebook. He said it was odd for the MCB to trip at random times with nothing plugged in. He then asked if I had put any pictures up or had a plumber in, but the answer is no, and I don't really understand why he asked that!!!!
can anyone offer help, or should I just wait.
Came home from work late at night to find no power. The RCD had tripped. Put it back on, all is well. It tripped 5 mins later, put it back on, tripped about 10 mins later. Rang electrician who advised to turn off all circuits, put rcd on and then one by one put fuses on to see which one tripped it. None tripped the RCD, until 20 mins later.
After trial and error it turned out to be the downstairs plugs. I unplugged everything as he asked. 20 minutes later it tripped the rcd so I turned the fuse off to the plugs and went bed.
The electrician on the phone can't come until late this evening and I don't want to ring a random one from phonebook. He said it was odd for the MCB to trip at random times with nothing plugged in. He then asked if I had put any pictures up or had a plumber in, but the answer is no, and I don't really understand why he asked that!!!!
can anyone offer help, or should I just wait.